Train-coaling device.



J. M. BRIGGS.

TRAIN COALING DEVICE.

APPLICATION mso NOV. 14. 1916.

Patented June 12, 1917.

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J. M. BRIGGS.

TRAIN COMING DEVICE.

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PatentedJune 12, 1917.

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JOHN IVL BRIGGS, OF MARTIN'S FERRY, OHIO.

TRAIN-COALING DEVICE.

Application filed November 14, 1916.

1 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN M. BRIGGS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Martins Ferry, in the countyof Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Train-Coaling Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for sup plying coal to locomotivetenders of railway trains while in motion.

The invention has for its object to produce a simple and effectivedevice of improved construction, whereby railway trains may be suppliedwith coal without stopping, the supply being effected gradually, therebyavoiding danger of injury which would be liable to occur if a large orbulky mass of coal were to be suddenly discharged upon the tender of amoving train.

A further object of the invention is to produce a coaling deviceembodying a movable source 01": supply partaking of the na ture of anelectric carrier, the same being adapted to move at a speed commensuratewith that of a moving train, and said carrier being equippedwith meansfor gradually feeding the coal to the tender.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theclaims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings,-

Figure 1 is a plan view of a device constructed in accordancewith'the'invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view'taken on the line 2-2 in- Fi'g. 1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 191W.

SeriaI'No. 131,304.

Corresponding parts in both figures of the drawings are denoted by likecharacters of reference.

15 designates a trestle work having rails 16 on which the carrier 17moves, said carrier being equipped with rail engaging wheels 1 Thecarrier'supports a motor 19 which drives a feed screw 20, saidscrewoperating in a tubular casing 21 communicating at one end with a sourceof supply, such as a hopper 22. The tubular casing 21 extends at one endbeyond the carrier, said extended end having a discharge spout 23 whichis so positioned as to be located directly above a railway track 24alongside and parallel with which the trestle 15 is erected.

In the operation of this device the carrier'17 is moved at a speedcommensurate with that of the train which is to be coaled, the dischargespout 23 having first been brought to a position directly above thetender of the locomotive. The feed screw 20 is now rotated, therebysupplying coal from the hopper 22 to the tender.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a device of the class described, a trestle, a carrier movablethereon, said carrier having a hopper, a tubular casing communicatingwith the hopper and extending beyond one side of the carrier, saidcasing having a discharge spout, and a driven feed screw in said casing.

2. In a device for supplying coal to moving trains, a railroad track, atrestle erected alongside and in parallel relation to the track, acarrier traveling on the trestle, a source of supply on the carrier, atubular casing communicating with the source of supply and extendingbeyond the side of the carrier, said casing having a discharge spoutpositioned directly above the railroad track, and motor driven means forconveying material through the tubular casing in the direction of thespout. p

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN'M. BRIGGS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

